The 2003 NAIA football season was the component of the 2003 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 20, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers, 41–28, in the title game to win the program's second consecutive NAIA championship.[1][2]
Conference standings[]
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2003 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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W |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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No. 3 Sioux Falls $^
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10
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0
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12
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1
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No. 7 Northwestern (IA) ^
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9
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1
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10
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2
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Hastings
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6
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4
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6
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4
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No. 25 Midland Lutheran
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6
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4
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6
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4
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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6
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4
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6
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4
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Concordia (NE)
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5
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5
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5
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5
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Dakota Wesleyan
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4
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6
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5
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6
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Doane
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4
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6
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4
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6
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Morningside
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3
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7
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3
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7
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Dana
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2
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8
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2
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9
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Briar Cliff
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0
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10
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0
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10
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2003 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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W |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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Mideast League
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No. 4 Saint Francis (IN) x^
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6
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0
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12
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1
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No. 22 Walsh
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5
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1
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8
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3
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Geneva
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4
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2
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7
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4
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Quincy
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3
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3
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5
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6
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Urbana
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2
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4
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3
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8
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Taylor
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1
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5
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2
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8
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Malone
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0
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6
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2
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8
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Midwest League
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No. 15 McKendree ^
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5
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2
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8
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3
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No. 19 Trinity International x
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5
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2
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8
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3
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No. 9 St. Ambrose x^
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5
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2
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8
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4
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No. 21 Saint Xavier x
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5
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2
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7
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4
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Olivet Nazarene x
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5
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2
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6
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4
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William Penn
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2
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5
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2
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8
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Iowa Wesleyan
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1
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6
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1
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9
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St. Francis (IL)
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0
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7
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1
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9
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- x – League champion/co-champions
^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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Postseason[]
Rankings[]
References[]
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Championships | | Division I |
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Division II |
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- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
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- 1977
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- 1981
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- 1983
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- 1985
- 1986
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